FRANK VANDERSLOOT
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Jerry Felton Promoted to Melaleuca CEO
Melaleuca’s growth continues to astound me. Over the last 36 years, we have grown from a small operation of just seven employees and eight products to having over 450 products and over 4,000 employees. We have over 1.5 million customers and tens of thousands of families that depend on us for supplemental income. The sun truly never sets on Melaleuca’s operations! It has been my privilege to be at the helm of this great organization since its beginning. I have always considered that a great honor. My role has changed over the years as the company has grown. In the beginning, it was just me, six ladies in the office, and a guy in shipping. Over the years we have added 2 company presidents, 56 vice presidents, and 148 directors to lead and guide our operations in 19 different countries. We have dozens of extremely bright executives with extraordinary capabilities who lead this company. As we have grown, I have consistently delegated more responsibilities and authorities to these great men and women.
One our most talented executives is Jerry Felton. Thirteen years ago, we stole Jerry from UPS where he was their Vice President of Global Sales. For his first three years, Jerry was our Senior Vice President of Sales over the US (that’s the position that Darrin Johnson holds today). Under These are exciting times! We have a very bright future under Jerry’s leadership, and I invite you to join me in congratulating him on this new and very important assignment!” Jerry’s leadership in that position, Melaleuca grew at a very rapid rate. After experiencing the impact of his leadership skills, in August of 2012 I promoted Jerry to Senior Vice President of International Operations, and in 2017 he
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